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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the girl invite Bernie to her room?
(a) She wants to show him a book she is reading.
(b) He threatens her with a gun.
(c) She wants to pay him back for the cigarettes.
(d) He has been locked out of his own room.

2. Who does the girl phone while having sex with Bernie?
(a) The police.
(b) Patrice, her friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Danny, Bernie's friend.

3. What television show does Bernie reference when talking about Korea?
(a) Dragnet.
(b) M*A*S*H.
(c) The Days of Our Lives.
(d) Charlie's Angels.

4. What would the King do to the girls after he was done with them?
(a) He would give them money and send them on their way.
(b) He would erase their memories.
(c) He would hit them in the head with a ball-peen hammer.
(d) He would arrest them and throw them in jail.

5. What game does Joan think the two children in the nursery school are playing?
(a) Capture the Flag.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Scrabble.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Bernie claim to have been in Korea?

2. Where did Danny spot Deborah?

3. What does Danny do for work?

4. When Danny meets Joan at her and Deborah's apartment, how does she behave toward him?

5. What incident does Bernie reveal about his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Danny attempt to pick up Deborah in the library?

2. How do Bernie and Danny feel about the women on the beach?

3. Why have Bernie and Danny gone to the beach?

4. During Danny and Deborah's all-night argument, what is the essential problem?

5. How is Act 26, when Danny is awake and Deborah is asleep, juxtaposed with the other scenes where they are in bed together?

6. What is Joan's reaction when Deborah informs her she is moving in with Danny?

7. What does Bernie say about Deborah's profession, upon meeting her for the first time?

8. When Danny gets angry and kicks the elevator, what advice does Bernie give him?

9. What is Bernie's explanation for what constitutes a "pro"?

10. What two words did Deborah's mother mishear during Deborah's childhood?

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